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slip-buoy
slip-buoy n. 
/ˈslɪpbwɔɪ/, /ˈslɪpˌbɔɪ/ a buoy attached to a cable when slipping an anchor.
Brit. /ˈslɪpbɔɪ/
, /ˈslɪpbɔɪ//ˈslɪpbwɔɪ/U.S. /ˈslɪpˌbui/
, /ˈslɪpˌbui//ˈslɪpˌbɔɪ/ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > buoy > buoy attached when slipping anchor
slip-buoy1798
1798 R. W. Miller in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. clviii We hove up to our best bower..and got a slip buoy on the end of the sheet cable.
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- to suffice nature
- to suffice to oneself
- to sugar the pill
- to suit a person's book
- to suit or await one's convenience
- to suit the action to the word
- to suit up
- to sum up
- to summer and winter
- to summer over
- to summon to arms
- to sup in heaven or hell
- to sup sorrow
- to sup the monkey
- to sup up
- to sup with our saviour, with our lord, with christ
- to sup with our saviour, with our lord, with jesus christ
- to sup with our saviour, with our the lord, with christ
- to sup with our saviour, with our the lord, with jesus christ
- to sup with simon
- to sup with the devil
- to superfluity
- to supply a person's wants
- to support arms
- to support nature